For Marketplace Plus:
Lift chair that is in very good condition, oak pedestal dining table with three leaves and six oak chairs. Please call, or text 712-348-1287. The items are located in Sheldon.
For Sale:
Mini Jazzy mobility scooter. Needs batteries. Located in Sheldon. Make an offer by calling 712-548-6068
Self propelled Murray Brand snowblower. 24″ cut with a five-horse engine and is in excellent condition. Also, 30 white steel metal sheets off roof of a machine shed. They are all 25 feet long. 540-7479
Foodie Friday:
It’s National Popcorn Day! Here are five facts about popcorn:
- Popcorn can grow to be 30 times is original size when it pops.
- Popcorn kernels come from actual corn, but not the type you eat for dinner (or like the ones out in the Iowa fields). Only one variety of maize creates the kernels, which become the popcorn we all know and love: “zea mays everta”
- There are two different shapes of popcorn: the butterfly and the mushroom. The butterfly shape is best for powdery flavors such as white cheddar and buffalo, and the mushroom shape is most optimal for caramel flavors. The shape of mushroom popcorn holds heavy flavors like Apple Caramel quite well.
- How do popcorns pop? The answer is simple: pressure. The pressure from the heat placed on popcorn kernels causes a failure in the kernels skin, which results in the skin “popping”
- The oldest known popcorn was found in New Mexico: the discovery of small heads of corn and several individual popped kernels was made by Berbert Dick and Earle Smith in 1948. These kernels were carbon dated to be around 5,600 years old.
